Start Today

I didn't want to get out of bed this morning. I'm not sure what had me so glued. Maybe it was the warmth of my bed, the position I was in or the sweet presence next to me. I believe it was the combination of all three. After pressing the snooze button twice on both my cell phone and the alarm clock, I finally mustered the strength to roll out of bed. *Yawn* Instead of going straight to the bathroom to wash my face and brush, I decided to go ahead and grab the ironing board and starch. I wasn't ready to wash away such good rest so soon. While ironing, my usual routine, after washing up of course...lol, is listening to Frank Ski & Wanda Smith’s morning show on V-103 Atlanta's People Station. (Nice Plug) My roommate had called me on yesterday morning talking about a call that they had aired from a friend of a woman whose 4-year-old son was in the hospital fighting, for a year and a half, a very rare cancer. I did not even want to hear it because I know how I am. Well, Frank Ski comes back from commercials with his Inspirational Vitamin and guess what? He replays the call from yesterday morning. I was SO not ready for this. I could hear the pain in the young woman’s voice as she talks about the 4 year old's condition. The cancer had spread throughout his body. It started out as a small knot on his knee. The doctor tried amputating his leg but that did not keep the cancer from spreading. Now, it’s all over his lungs and the doctor told them that this 4 year old could die at any minute. The reason for the call was to solicit the prayers for the young boy, in his critical condition, the mother and their family but she said something that hit me very hard. She talked about how much of an angel he is. Man, I am such a softy. I’m getting teary eyes again. The young boy died later last night. My heart goes out to the family of this child.

After listening and shedding a few tears, I began to think about how much we complain about the conditions of our lives, whether it is our jobs, homes, cars, relationships, careers, education, etc. Some of us are old as dirt and have never even had minor surgery. Some of us have never been in a vehicle accident that we did not walk away from with little to no scars. Some of us have never even had a broken bone. Most of us are very healthy and have decent healthcare. Yet, we still complain and mope, then find ourselves depressed and stressed out about temporary issues and situations we have the power to change. We are so ABUNDANTLY BLESSED because most of us do not have to WAKE UP with the concerns of illness on our mind. We take so much for granted. We should be grateful that we have a life filled with memories both good and bad. We should BE GRATEFUL for the chance, with each sunrise, to experience life, in spite of the tough situations and circumstances we have to face daily. There will always be different types of struggles that we will have to face as long as we live. Life does not owe us anything. We have to stop wasting time. We owe it to ourselves to make the most of it. GOD has been extremely MERCIFUL TO US.

Take a moment today to think about what is really important. Have you been taking life for granted? Have you been wasting precious time stressing, depressed over the little things? God gave us the GIFT OF LIFE to enjoy. Most have already gotten off to a late start.
Today I am making the decision to STOP COMPLAINING and START LIVING because what I have is TODAY and TOMORROW IS NOT PROMISED.

~SagittarianSoule~

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